PEOPLE v. PEARSON

No. 42645.

52 Ill.2d 260 (1972)

287 N.E.2d 715

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, Appellee, v. DENNIS PEARSON, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Illinois.

Opinion filed September 20, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

GERALD W. GETTY, Public Defender, of Chicago (JOHN T. MORAN, JR., and JAMES J. DOHERTY, Assistant Public Defenders, of counsel), for appellant.

WILLIAM J. SCOTT, Attorney General, of Springfield, and EDWARD V. HANRAHAN, State's Attorney, of Chicago (JAMES B. ZAGEL, Assistant Attorney General, and ROBERT A. NOVELLE and JAMES N. KARAHALIOS, Assistant State's Attorneys, of counsel), for the People.


Judgment affirmed.

MR. JUSTICE WARD delivered the opinion of the court:

The defendant, Dennis Pearson, who had been indicted with Nelson Weaver for aggravated kidnaping, rape, theft, armed robbery and attempted murder, was tried separately in the circuit court of Cook County and found guilty of all the charges except that of armed robbery. Concurrent sentences of 100 to 125 years for aggravated kidnaping, 100 to...

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